Back in battery...
But...the battery is mostly flat...
My ass is dragging! Great con, but I’m tired.
I’ll try to get an AAR up tomorrow night.
I ‘think’ most folks are either home or close, but I do want to thank those who were worried about the folks travelling! I’m too old to do a 14 hour driving day, but I ‘can’ do a four hour ‘flying’ day.
A TSA reminder for folks, make sure you wear an ‘airport’ belt that will let you get through security without having to take your belt off, especially if you have pants that are a ‘tad’ large... sigh...
At least I caught them before I ‘embarrassed’ myself...
Grumble...
Glad you survived the trip! Hope to see you at a con next year.
\triggered\ Haven't flown since 1986. Never will again. Too many Navy helo rides involving winching up and down to rolling & pitching decks & whirling blades of death, a zillion G cat shot and a COD flight that nearly crashed took the thrill out of flying. Replaced it with stark terror. Never suffered the indignities of gratuitous groping by Mitarbeiter der Flughafensicherheit (TSA) except that one time I had to escort my two minor grandsons to the loading gate for a flight home to Oregon. All eyes seemed to be on me as if I were The Great White Whale and they were just so many Ahab's wanting to harpoon me. The only thing metallic I had on me was car keys, a few gold crowns, some silver fillings, trace amounts of copper and lead and the eyelets in my sneakers. I tripped no alarms. Even so, I could tell some of the Agents were indulging in lewd meat gazing hoping they could wand, poke and prod me. Though I got through it unscathed it was still a Clockwork Orange experience for me. I'm gonna get my DNR wrist bracelet amended to also read "DNLF" (Do Not Life Flight).
And you, Old NFO, how many flight hours do you have doing SpecOps missions during the Cold War without the unwanted intimacies of TSA before strapping in for a 10 hour mission? How does it feel, Lieutenant, to get treated like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab or Richard Reid now? \triggered\